The Indian Analyst, All the news and views you need on India

Saturday, 04 September 2004, 2200 hrs

NATION & STATES
Not afraid of discussing Kashmir, but
lots more at stake, says Manmohan
Indian and Pakistan have lots to talk about besides Kashmir, the prime minister said at his first ever press conference ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Indian infrastructure needs a
major facelift: Montek
Indian Infrastructure needs a major facelift as lack of quality infrastructure has adversely affected the FDI flow...

FEATURED STORIES

Gulf News
Bureaucracy impedes Kashmir solution
There is a saying in India that after hearing the discourse on the Ramayana the whole night, one of the listeners asked: who was Sita? That sums up the bureaucratic attitude to the Kashmir problem, writes KULDIP NAYAR

India Together
Dying tanks, dwindling water
Once, water was a sacred thing, its divinity indivisible and respected by those who depended on it. In Tamilnadu, the temple tanks were the heart of water management, and ensured riparian rights and sustainable use. But community care has long since vanished, and with it, so has the water. LALITHA SRIDHAR reports.

Asia Times
Tigers roar over US visits to Sri Lanka
Recent visits to Sri Lanka by high-ranking US generals signal Washington's support for the Colombo government in its ongoing peace process with the Tamil Tigers. The Tigers are not impressed, and see the development as priming Sri Lankan forces to go back to war, writes SUDHA RAMACHANDRAN

Deccan Chronicle
Voices of the Valley
India has taken a position on the talks with Pakistan that, on the face of it, cannot be faulted. Instead of skulking around with the negativity of a small country, India should talk from its position of strength, writes SEEMA MUSTAFA

Pioneer
Royal diva of Indian melody
To sing is an expression of your being," said Maria Callas, arguably the greatest opera singer of all times. This is true of MS Subbulakshmi, appropriately called 'Suswara Lakshmi' by Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. UTPAL K BANERJEE reviews Lakshmi Viswanathan's book 'M S Subbulakshmi: Ode To A Nightingale'

TOP PICKS

OPINION
The weak are never at peace (Pioneer)
Fire starter (Pioneer)
Pakistan’s ‘miracle’ man (Deccan Herald)
Space-age science policy (Tribune)
Another Godhra inquiry (Tribune)
The free power debate (Hindu)
Iill considered decision (Hindu)
Markets reward diverse knowledge (TOI)

What is India Editorial

Water and river management
in South Asia
Given China's disastrous environmental record, India should join an Asian alliance to pressure its big neighbour into behaving more responsibly, says
ARAVIND SITARAMAN

More edits

The failed Kashmir Women's Disqualification Bill
The state is better off without laws that seek to alienate and marginalise its people

It is raining bad politics
The Hubli drama holds a mirror to divisive politics.

INSCRIPTIONS

South Indian Inscriptions

Original texts from four states, transcribed from a definitive work published by the Archaeological Survey of India

Volume 10
Telugu Inscriptions
from Andhra Pradesh

Volume 3 (Part I and II)
Miscellaneous Inscriptions
in Tamil
(Will be uploaded soon)

ONLY ON WHAT IS INDIA

BUSINESS HEADLINES

Labour, safety laws for exporters

Steps to sustain housing boom

KF Airlines to start services in Jan

Paper on regulators - Montek

Bank stocks shine in weak mkts

Regulations for pvt players: CERC

No hike in drug prices

7 foreign tech ties okayed

PM recasts council on trade

Inflation shoots past 8% mark

Singapore trade deal in Cabinet

Licence fee in transmission

Ficci against pvt sector job quotas

Sensex gains 20 points

Public-private work favoured

CORPORATE HEADLINES

Tata enters prepaid segment

No protection by the govt- BSNL

OVL buys Vanco's 30% stake

Hero Honda sells more

General Motors sales up

Brand it like Ganesha

B-schools moving up in quality

Greaves buys stake in HCME

Cummins' India plan

Reliance enters Himachal

Ambuja plant in UP soon

Hitachi unveils Quadricool

Hutch Telecom files for IPO in US

WORLD HEADLINES

150 die in Russia school operation
Florida awaits new storm menace
Lebanon constitution amended
Hopes rise for French hostages

EXCHANGE

Dollar: 46.85

Pound: 84.50

Euro: 57.20

Yen: (100) 44.20

SOURCES

Deccan Herald

Indian Express

Hindustan Times

The Hindu

Pioneer

Economic Times

Times of India

Statesman

Tribune

Business Standard

Business Line

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